![]() First Class Services, a specialty trucking company from Lewisport, Kentucky. Other partners in the project include Arrow Material Services, a terminal operations management firm based in Sewickley, Pa. Great Western is building the facility under a long-term lease of space from LIRC. Scott Lurkins, senior director of business development at Anacostia Rail Holdings, owner of LIRC, says, “We’re excited to partner with Great Western Malting to expand the capabilities of our Jeffersonville terminal and we look forward to strong growth opportunities for supplying malt and related products to this region’s distilling and brewing industry.” Lurkins adds, “We worked collaboratively from start to finish with several partners to create a transportation solution that not only met Great Western’s needs, but also exceeded the expectations of the customers they serve.” ![]() “Our due diligence led us to LIRC,” says O’Toole, “and once we saw their facilities, their yards, and met with their people, we liked what they have to offer.” Groundbreaking for the facility was mid-February.įor Louisville & Indiana, the new transload is a major project with a new customer and, in the case of malting grain, a new commodity. The railroad delivered the first shipment of malting grain in mid-July 2018 and began a second round of shipments in November. Great Western was already looking to invest in the Louisville market when it began talks with LIRC in June 2018. This facility will definitely set the bar for delivery of this product.” “The new transload will allow us to offer cost-effective, high quality service to customers around Louisville and northern Kentucky. “This is a big extension of what we’re already doing elsewhere,” says Great Western President Mike O’Toole. ![]() The new facility is the result of several months of planning by Louisville & Indiana Railroad and Great Western Malting Co.–a leading American malt producer based in Vancouver, Wash., with plants in Vancouver and Pocatello, Idaho. Several officials of both companies as well as local dignitaries are scheduled to participate, including Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore. The opening, planned for June 13, will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the rail-to-truck transfer site, which is located at LIRC’s rail yard, 100 Homestead Avenue, in Jeffersonville. Distribution of malted grain for the distillery and brewing industries in the northern Kentucky region will expand dramatically with a new 33-railcar transload facility developed by Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC) and Great Western Malting Co.
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